To help students clarify their future direction, on the afternoon of November 3rd, the Youth League Committee of the School of Foreign Languages successfully organized a sharing session themed "Academic and Career Planning" at the One-step Student Community Center. This event brought together professional mentors and company representatives, offering students a comprehensive and multi-dimensional growth guide, spanning from academic tools and development pathways to career prospects.
Starting from the study of translation, Teacher Ye Wenxing deeply analyzes the core functions of the COCA corpus, revealing its powerful capabilities in a simplified manner. He demonstrates on-site how to use corpora such as COCA to find the best partners for vocabulary and match suitable alternatives for expressions. Under Teacher Ye's presentation, the corpus is no longer a cold database but a translation tool within reach of every English learner.
Teacher Yang Yuanyuan has drawn a clear roadmap for the students' professional growth in English, providing actionable advancement plans for every link from studying abroad, further education, academics to employment. When talking about studying abroad, she emphasized that GPA and language scores are the solid foundation, while practical experience is the soft competitive power. When discussing further education, she used the metaphor of step-by-step preparation to describe the transition from undergraduate to master's studies, helping everyone understand that steady progress is essential to lay a solid academic foundation. When it comes to employment, she frankly pointed out the need to break through the mindset that 'English major = single career path', and proposed that choosing the right field is more important than blind effort.
Company representatives from Shanghai Biorun Group brought cutting-edge insights aligned with market trends to the students. They not only introduced industry development trends and talent demands but also shared practical interview skills and workplace experiences. Additionally, they provided full-time positions for senior students and internship opportunities for lower-grade students. This 'practical training session' gave students a more concrete understanding of their future career prospects and brought the entire event to a full and opportunity-filled conclusion.
This activity has effectively built an integrated platform of 'professional guidance - academic planning - career empowerment'. It not only genuinely responds to the urgent needs of students on their growth journey, but also fully embodies the initial aspiration and mission of the School of Foreign Languages to cultivate new-era foreign language talents with solid foundations, broad vision, and firm confidence. In the future, the school will continue to integrate high-quality resources, innovate activity formats, and provide precise support for the growth and success of every student.
